Recruiting and selecting as many as possible of the country's most promising future leaders from diverse academic disciplines and career interests, who demonstrate the capabilities to positively impact student learning and development and become long-term leaders able to effect transformational impact

Training and developing participants so they build the skills, mindsets, and knowledge needed to maximize impact on student learning and development, and grow as leaders working collectively for change

Maintaining independence from the control of government and other external entities, with an autonomous Board, a diversified funding base, and the freedom to make operational decisions, challenge traditional paradigms, and sustain the approach in the face of external change